Cameroon vs Uganda: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone

Cameroon

64.3%

in 2023

Uganda

67.4%

in 2023

Cameroon rank

125th

Uganda rank

122nd

Share of the population that owns a mobile phone over time

Uganda currently reports 67.4% against 64.3% in Cameroon, a difference of 3.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2019 it was Uganda ahead.

Cameroon ranks 125th and Uganda ranks 122nd of 141 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population that owns a mobile phone
Unit: %
Source: International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 141 places, 918 data points, 2013–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex (%)